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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if a 5th grader can handle Algebra I, as sixth graders they will struggle with Geometry (proofs, less so the math), and it gets progressively harder from there. On that track, all the 10th graders will be taking AP Calc BC, Multivariable in 11th, and then what?

I doubt there is a school system on earth where it is common for kids to take calculus in 10th grade, and higher level math thereafter. [/quote]

Define common.  There is one middle school that has 40-50 8th graders taking algebra 2 with trig, and thus on a path to calculus in 10th grade.  In Fairfax they could maybe take calculus in 9th if they are taking algebra 1 in 6th grade.  There is no requirement of calc AB then Calc BC.[/quote]

I was responding to the PP who said that 5th grade is appropriate for kids to take Algebra I, and then went on to imply that American kids are behind in math, and that's how things are done in the rest of the world, where kids have better math education. In their world (wherever that is), the sequencing would lead to taking Multivariable no later than 11th grade. I was challenging that assertion, that there are school systems around the world where this is the sequence for most students.

What you described above is not what I was talking about. This happens in some (former, I guess) TJ feeder schools, where there is a small cohort of kids that take Algebra II in 8th grade. [/quote]

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